with the state to receive medical marijuana. Of those, just over 51,000 have actually purchased the product. Those involved with the program propose some changes they say will improve it for everyone.
Erin Reed, the Board of Pharmacy鈥檚 Director of Medical Marijuana, says to the program will make it work better.
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The proposed changes include making more information about dispensaries available to patients, providing non-child resistant packaging upon request, loosening rules on advertising to make it easier for patients to understand and providing discounts on products for former state employees receiving disability benefits from the public retirement systems.
The Board of Pharmacy is seeking input from the public on the proposed rule changes. Instructions on how to provide comments can be found here: .
